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Front matter

recent advances In

Obstetrics and

Gynaecology

Preface

The curative property of certain moulds was known long before penicillin was discovered by Fleming and established as a therapeutic agent by Florey. In Medicine recent advances are often no more than a consolidation of facts long since recorded but now seen with new implications. It is inevitable that subjects which have been discussed already will be reviewed from time to time in a book such as this. The central theme of this edition is “The Avoidable Factor”’’.

The new authors hope to maintain the tradition established by their predecessors to emphasize developments which have led to advances in Obstetrics and Gynecology, or give promise of doing so. Ideas and concepts of organization as well as details of technique have been appraised. Realization that accepted methods are not yielding the results at first expected can be the first stage of a major advance, and criticism when merited is good for the soul.

One of us (G.B.), like his predecessors, is on the staff of a famous London teaching hospital. The fact that he shares the same distinguished name as the original author is a coincidence. The other (J.S.) learns and teaches in a large postgraduate medical centre with a small graduate medical school at Oxford. These London and Oxford appointments give contact with specialists and specialists in training from many parts of the world and bring a constant awareness that clinical problems which may be common in one place are seldom seen in another.

We are deeply indebted to Sir John Peel for his contribution on Diabetes, to Dr. Louis Steingold for his chapter on Anemia in Pregnancy and to Dr. Alan Stevenson for his review of the rapidly expanding field of Chromosome Studies. These important chapters have been written by three outstanding experts.

The Editors are grateful to colleagues who have kindly supplied illustrations, and to editors and publishers for permission to reproduce them. Some of them are acknowledged where they appear; others are as follows: American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology for Figs. 16, 17; Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England for Fig. 62; British Medical Journal for Figs. 57, 65;

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Fertility and Sterility for Figs. 51, 55; Lloyd-Luke (Medical Books) Ltd. for Figs. 18-36.

Messrs. J. & A. Churchill have been both tolerant and patient with the new team of authors, and we in turn are grateful, especially to Mr. Rivers for his guidance and cooperation.

JS; GaB:

Contents

Chapter Page 1. Maternal Mortality with a Review of Contemporary Obstetrics. . ; 5 : : : ' 1 2. Perinatal Mortality . : : ; ; ; a fll) 3. Anemia in Pregnancy and the Puerperium by L. Steingold 96 4. The Amnion and Chorion . ; : : 3 f AS5 5. Diabetes in Relation to Obstetrics and Gynecology 2 Sir John Peel. : ; ; ; ; 194 6. Applications of Chromosome Studies in Obstetrics and Gynecology by A. Stevenson . ; : LOB) 7. Fertility and Sterility ; , ‘ : 4 37 200 8. Carcinoma of the Cervix . : : ‘ , 330 9. The Patient, The Doctor and The Law : : + sey) 10. Vaginal Absence or Atresia ; ; : ; . 419 Appendices A. New Classification of Uterine Cancer in International Report i , ; , é ; P . 424 B. Circumcision . : ; : ; ; , . 429

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